diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4e060084..880cae237 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _NEXTMATCH=	--match=${CORE_NEXT}\*
 .   endif
 .  endif
 . elif ${CORE_TYPE:M[Bb][Uu][Ss]*}
-_NEXTMATCH= 	'' # XXX verbatim match for now
+_NEXTMATCH=	'' # XXX verbatim match for now
 . else
 _NEXTSTABLE!=	${GIT} tag -l ${CORE_ABI}\*
 .  if !empty(_NEXTSTABLE)